Seventy-seven per cent of patients in the Middle East feel positive about clinicians using mobile devices in their care while 57 per cent of patients currently use wearables to track their personal health metrics, a report said.
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The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will soon roll out its RoboDoc initiative across all DHA hospitals and health centres after the completion of the pilot phase in March.
The authority will also extend the Dubai RoboDoc initiative t

Around three million patients worldwide were using connected home medical monitoring devices at the end of 2013, a report said, noting that the figure comprises all patients that were remotely monitored by a professional caregiver.

Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called 'telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense.
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Around 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2012, a report said.
The figure comprises all patients that were using dedicated devices for